Argopecten

<i>Argopecten</i>

Argopecten

Genus of bivalves

Argopecten is a genus of saltwater clams, or scallops, marine bivalve mollusks in the family Pectinidae.[1]

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Species

Species within the genus Argopecten include:

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Extinct species

  • Argopecten ameleus Woodring 1925
  • Argopecten antonitaensis Durham 1950
  • Argopecten callidus Hertlein 1925
  • Argopecten crassiradiatus Clark 1915
  • Argopecten cristobalensis Hertlein 1925
  • Argopecten demiurgus Dall 1898
  • Argopecten deserti Conrad 1855
  • Argopecten diminutivus Hertlein 1927
  • Argopecten eboreus yorkensis Conrad 1867
  • Argopecten eccentricus Gabb 1873
  • Argopecten ericellus Hertlein 1929
  • Argopecten evermanni Jordan and Hertlein 1926
  • Argopecten gilbertharrisi Hodson and Hodson 1927
  • Argopecten gratus del Rio 1992
  • Argopecten hakei Hertlein 1925
  • Argopecten inaequalis Sowerby 1850
  • Argopecten insuetus del Rio 1992
  • Argopecten invalidus Hanna 1924
  • Argopecten levicostatus Toula 1909
  • Argopecten mendenhalli Arnold 1906
  • Argopecten nerterus Woodring 1982
  • Argopecten parathetidis Waller 2011
  • Argopecten percarus Hertlein 1925
  • Argopecten revellei Durham 1950
  • Argopecten subdolus Hertlein 1925
  • Argopecten sverdrupi Durham 1950
  • Argopecten thetidis Sowerby 1850
  • Argopecten uselmae Pilsbry and Johnson 1917
  • Argopecten venezualanus Hodson and Hodson 1927
  • Argopecten woodringi Spieker 1922

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References

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  1. [1]
    Abbott, R.T. & Morris, P.A. A Field Guide to Shells: Atlantic and Gulf Coasts and the West Indies. New York: Houghton Mifflin, 1995. 29-30.
  2. [2]
    "Argopecten ventricosus (G.B.Sowerby II, 1842)". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 19 October 2021.
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    Malacolog - A Database of Western Atlantic Marine Mollusca
  4. [4]
    WoRMS – World Register of Marine Species
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    Bisby F.A., Roskov Y.R., Orrell T.M., Nicolson D., Paglinawan L.E., Bailly N., Kirk P.M., Bourgoin T., Baillargeon G., Ouvrard D. Catalogue of life
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    The Paleobiology Database
  • Coan, E. V.; Valentich-Scott, P. (2012). Bivalve seashells of tropical West America. Marine bivalve mollusks from Baja California to northern Peru. 2 vols, 1258 pp.


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